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Abortion
August 27, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Real, Paranoid Housewives of the Republican Convention
Patricia McCloskey and Kimberly Guilfoyle are a new twist on a dangerous lineage of conservative women.
July 14, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
A Window of Possibility on Self-Managed Abortion
Telehealth has grown increasingly common in the face of Covid-19. A federal judge has now extended that access to medication abortion.
June 29, 2020
Matt Ford
John Roberts Chooses Precedent Over Ideology in Latest Abortion Fight
The chief justice threads a judicial needle and hands the conservative legal movement another disappointing ruling.
April 8, 2020
Jo Livingstone
Planned Parenthood Is the Real Star of
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Eliza Hittman’s new movie is a hyper-realistic abortion story.
March 4, 2020
Amy Littlefield
,
Laura Gottesdiener
The Radical Future of Self-Managed Abortion Is Already Here
“I remember one woman who arrived and asked, ‘Is this the clinic?’ And we were like, ‘What clinic?’”
February 28, 2020
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Could Spring an Abortion Rights Trap
The high court’s taken a dim view of targeted regulation of abortion providers in the past, but that was before Brett Kavanaugh.
January 22, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
“Female Monthly Pills” and the Coded Language of Abortion Before
Roe
Our future might look much like our past, with pills as a major part of abortion access—and an obsessive target for abortion opponents.
January 3, 2020
Katie McDonough
Abortion Without
Roe
What does the landmark Supreme Court ruling mean to a country always on the brink of losing it?
January 3, 2020
Alan Greenblatt
Have Democrats Found Their ALEC?
The party has long pined for a nationwide network for state-level legislation. One group is finally succeeding where so many others have failed.
October 7, 2019
Myra MacPherson
The Forgotten Father of the Abortion Rights Movement
What Bill Baird's aggressive, often illegal form of activism can teach a new generation about combating anti-abortion forces.
August 20, 2019
Melissa Gira Grant
Trump’s Title X Restrictions Are Nothing Short of Coercion
The administration's gag rule could force reproductive health clinics to function more like anti-abortion “pregnancy centers.”
July 22, 2019
Amelia Bonow
Don’t Depoliticize Abortion
Why Leana Wen and Planned Parenthood had to part ways.
July 3, 2019
Melody Schreiber
The Growing Toll of the Global Gag Rule
A new study shows abortions actually go up when the U.S. pulls funding from NGOs offering abortion referrals. That's only one way underserved populations suffer.
June 27, 2019
Emily Atkin
The Democratic debate was a milestone for transgender rights.
June 21, 2019
Alex Shephard
Joe Biden’s Soft Center
With every course correction, the 2020 front-runner reminds voters that beneath the polished image lies a politician searching for a sweet spot.
May 31, 2019
Matt Ford
The Burden Is Already “Undue” for Millions of Women in America
Missouri is poised to lose its last abortion provider, increasing the large swath of the country where the nearest clinic is impossibly far for poor and rural women.
May 23, 2019
Katy Fallon
What It’s Like to Live Under an Abortion Ban
Northern Irish women are still restricted by legislation crafted in 1861.
May 20, 2019
Matt Ford
The Democrats’ Plan to Save Abortion Rights Is Full of Asterisks
Passing a federal law to enshrine Roe v. Wade would require control of the White House and Congress—and approval from the Supreme Court.
May 17, 2019
Laurie Penny
The Criminalization of Women’s Bodies Is All About Conservative Male Power
The goal of the wave of anti-abortion laws in America is to put female sexuality under strict and brutal state control.
May 16, 2019
Emily Atkin
Arrest Me, You Alabama Cowards
The state's abortion ban treats women as victims of evil doctors rather than informed, willing participants.
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